Hanging movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant hanging movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough and bleak films and TV shows about / with hanging, death, murder, violence, vengeance, dialogue, brutality, storytelling, revenge and blood plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as hanging: Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005), Dancer in the Dark (2000), April Fool's Day (1986), The Limehouse Golem (2016), Baron Blood (1972), I Spit on Your Grave (1978), The Missouri Breaks (1976), 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Nun (2018), Season of the Witch (2011).
Best films
New films
| Heir of the Witch (2023) | 4.0 | |
| Frankenstein (2025) | 7.5 | |
| Revenant (2023) | 7.9 | |
| Kandahar (2023) | 6.1 | |
| Mercy Falls (2023) | 4.1 |
List of hanging movies
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, depressing ...
Plot:
death sentence, executioner, hanging, politics, execution, introspection, punishment, death row, death penalty, criminal, war crime, biopic ...
Time:
year 2005, 1940s, 1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london, germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, depressing, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
death sentence, factory worker, destiny, blindness, life is a bitch, tragedy, dancing, immigrant, secret, murder, hanging, tragic hero ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 20th century, year 1964, 2000s
Place:
nebraska, usa, washington d.c., washington state
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of eight college friends gather together at an island mansion belonging to heiress Muffy St. John to celebrate their final year of school. They soon discover that each has a hidden secret from their past which is revealed, and soon after, ...
Style:
slasher, bloody, scary, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
holiday horror, twists and turns, plot twist, serial killer, murder, prank, gory, supernatural, college, mad scientist, hanging, blood ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style:
gothic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, confession, murder, hanging, detective inspector, murder trial, fame, actress, police inspector, death sentence, diary ...
Time:
victorian era, 1880s, 19th century, 1870s
Place:
scotland yard, london
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young man, Peter, returns to Austria in search of his heritage. There he visits the castle of an ancestor, a sadistic Baron who was cursed to a violent death by a witch whom the Baron had burned at the stake. Peter reads aloud the incantation that ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, scary, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
afterlife, witch, castle, curse, torture chamber, supernatural, hanging, auction, murder, investigation, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
15th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
austria, europe
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom she systematically hunts down to seek revenge.
Style:
suspense, grindhouse, splatter, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vengeance, rape, rape and revenge, revenge, brutality, sex, macabre, sexual abuse, cruelty, violence, sexualized violence, female vigilante ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, england, europe, germany, new england ...
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Tom Logan is a horse thief. Rancher David Braxton has horses, and a daughter, worth stealing. But Braxton has just hired Lee Clayton, an infamous "regulator", to hunt down the horse thieves; one at a time.
Style:
tense, spaghetti western, cult classic, grim, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
eccentricity, horse ranch, killed during sex, train robbery, hanging, death of friend, river, outlaw, ranch, love, murder, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1880s, year 1976, 19th century, 70s
Place:
montana, canada, missouri, usa, wyoming ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style:
heartbreaking, harsh, atmospheric, inspirational, motivational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, african american, black history, torture, slave trade, american history, freedom, racial discrimination, rape ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, year 2013, victorian era, 2010s ...
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, america, africa, southern usa ...
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193K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a young nun at a cloistered abbey in Romania takes her own life, a priest with a haunted past and a novitiate on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate. Together they uncover the order’s unholy secret. Risking ...
Style:
scary, demonic, religious horror, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, exorcism, supernatural horror, ghost, nun, demon, paranormal, priest, evil nun, suicide, blood, demonic possession ...
Time:
year 1952, 2010s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
romania, rome italy, xian
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, dark, stylized, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, knight, supernatural, sword and sorcery, medieval, legends and myths, witchcraft, good versus evil, inquisition, monk, possessed girl, demon ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, year 2011, year 2000 ...
Place:
seattle, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Style:
controversial, disgusting, erotic, extreme horror, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult, teen drama
Plot:
torture, atrocity, sexual perversion, sex, fascism, sexual abuse, sexual torture, sadism, brutality, rape, libertine, captivity ...
Time:
1940s, year 1975, 20th century, year 1943, year 1944 ...
Place:
italy, europe, latin america
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126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and ...
Style:
surprise ending, humorous, exciting, funny, light ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, gambler, twists and turns, unlikely partners, outlaw, bank robbery, card playing, con men, robbery, strong female character ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s, 60s
Place:
oregon, persia, america, mississippi, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying ...
Style:
entertaining, dark comedy, stylized, light, humorous ...
Plot:
small town, marriage of convenience, battle of the sexes, gangster, gang, gold rush, gold, gold mine, hanging, marriage, chase, outlaw ...
Time:
1860s, 19th century, year 1978
Place:
texas, latin america, north america, mexico, austin texas
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, South Africa, Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...
Style:
cyber, slasher, demonic, psychotronic, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
facebook, suicide, witch, social network, witchcraft, funeral, police investigation, college, social media, young adult, internet, spirit ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Nothing is as it seems as an ex-con and aspirant filmmaker set out to manufacture a horror film by scaring real people; however, when it goes too far and someone actually dies, the pair decide that killing for real on film is the way to make a truly ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, bleak, psychotronic ...
Plot:
hanged woman, murder, filmmaking, ex convict, hanging, prostitute, accidental death, found footage, violence, youth, strong violent content, puzzle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
judge, revenge, u.s. marshal, court, vigilante, guilt, justice, hanging, wild west, false accusation, cowboy, death sentence ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
oklahoma, usa, california
Is relevant?
114
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ordinary funeral procession moves along its path from church to cemetery. Observing, you slip from reality into a place where time has lost its linearity, looping through the odd images thrown off by a distorted reality. Images of non-existence, ...
Style:
art house, psychedelic, non-linear, neo noir, surreal ...
Plot:
surrealism, murder, insanity, hanging, psychotic, identity crisis, mental illness, family drama, claustrophobia, metaphysics, obsession, isolation ...
Place:
ukraine
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16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story begins with Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto, head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to ...
Style:
serious, tense, cynical, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, gang member, gang, organized crime, gangster, hanging, criminal heroes, gang war, danger, rivalry, gory, merciless ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.
Style:
tense, suspenseful
Plot:
hanging, revenge, courtroom drama, murder trial, corruption, violence, small town, post civil war, moral dilemma, showdown, power struggle, henchman ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Crime, Horror
Country: West Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A group of hooded vigilantes hang wrong-doers with a subplot about another murderer. Surprise ending.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, vigilante, hanging, conspiracy, vigilante justice, investigation, execution, female victim, police procedural, decapitation, violent, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
scotland yard, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ...
Style:
tense, spaghetti western, funny, retro, cult classic ...
Plot:
apache, justice, brutality, hanging, heroes, murder, old west, violence, gunfight, maverick, geronimo, apache territory ...
Time:
19th century, year 1980, 1900s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
arizona, california, mexico, vienna, australia
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
While the Civil War rages between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hit man and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Style:
spaghetti western, epic, breathtaking, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, manly, date night, kids ...
Plot:
old west, civil war, treasure hunt, gunfight, greed, american civil war, moral ambiguity, desert, anti hero, shootout, hitman, cowboy ...
Time:
19th century, year 1966, 20th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
texas, arizona, austin texas, usa, north america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Gunslinger Clayton Drumm (Testi) is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he will agree to murder Matthew (Oates), a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major ...
Style:
spaghetti western, independent film, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
skinny dipping, prostitute, ranch, hired killer, brothel, attempted rape, hanging, old west, hitman, jail cell, acrobat, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1978
Place:
arizona
Is relevant?
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, creepy, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, evil force, writer's life, surprising revelation, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 1966, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, california, missouri ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
William, a once obese and troubled teen, goes back to his family's home after being gone, without word, for ten years and finds it (and his family) haunted with his past. He had moved to the city and become a fit, well-adjusted gay man, but ...
Style:
independent film, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, child abuse, wedding ceremony, sex, glbt, suicide, dysfunctional family, coming of age, caught having sex, teenage boy, gay slur, sexuality ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
canada, nova scotia, canada, nova scotia, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Chen Zhen returns to the international compound of China only to learn of his beloved teacher's death. This is compounded by the continual racist harassment by the Japanese population in the area. Unlike his friends, he confronts it head on ...
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, violence, murder, revenge, kung fu classic, vengeance, vigilante, fight scenes, kung fu, kung fu master, hand to hand combat, wuxia ...
Time:
20th century, year 1972, 1910s, 70s
Place:
japan, bolivia, asia, china, shanghai ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, weeping, sad, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, death sentence, redemption, friendship, moral dilemma, guilt, drug addiction, drug, courage, lawyer, death row ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
malaysia, southeast asia, new york, asia, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A 1967 film based on Truman Capote's book of the same name. After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their ...
Style:
neo noir, black and white, disturbing, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, true crime, execution, serial killer, home invasion, trial, killer, death sentence, death row, u.s. mexico border, cell mate, murder of family ...
Time:
50s, year 1967, year 1965, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
kansas, kansas city, america, usa, las vegas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, funeral, older woman younger man relationship, eccentricity, misfit, old age, alienation, age difference, couples, cemetery, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area, usa
Is relevant?
145K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style:
suspenseful, satanic, bleak, classic horror, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
devil, evil child, satan, prophecy, religion, priest, demonic possession, boy, demon, antichrist, evil wins, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
london, rome italy, persia, britain, england ...
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